Definition of gammon

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Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..

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Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..
Gammoning :: Gammoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammo.
Table :: Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Table :: Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table..
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) Backgammon.
Hit :: Hit (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
Point :: Point (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch..
Board :: Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board..
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A game somewhat like backgammon.
Parchesi :: Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India..
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